Requirements

Installation

Ok, let’s start up the SharePoint installer and you’ll get the following error when trying to install SharePoint:

It seems that SharePoint Server 2010 is only compatible with Windows Server 2008 x64. But it’s not.Ok, start up Process Explorer while the installer splashscreen is running and you’ll see the following:

So it seems that the installer was unpacked in C:\Program Files (x86)\MSECache\oserver2010. You can browse to that directory now.

Once you’ve modified the config file, you’ll be able to install SharePoint Server 2010 on your Windows 7 machine!Now you can have your development environment without even dual booting with Server 2008.